Scenes From Sears: 2 Locations Tell a Story of Struggle in a Tight Retail Market
- 7 years ago
Scenes From Sears: 2 Locations Tell a Story of Struggle in a Tight Retail Market
A Sears spokesman said stores that are in the process of being closed, like the one in
Phillipsburg, are not a “fair representation of a current Sears shopping experience.”
Even as Sears is closing stores, the company is opening some new ones and renovating others to make them smaller and more attractive.
“The business is not there.”
Black Friday is the most celebrated shopping day of the year, when parking lots fill up early with bargain hunters
and online frenzy crashes the websites of even the most established retailers.
— Every year on Black Friday, Angela Buzatto has come to Sears to buy two new vacuum cleaners, at steep discounts, for her house cleaning business.
“I took my grandson to this mall recently and he asked me ‘Nana, why are the stores closing?’” Ms. Hartman said.
“It’s Black Friday, people are shopping elsewhere, but we are choosing to be here,’’ Ms. Freeman said.
A Sears spokesman said stores that are in the process of being closed, like the one in
Phillipsburg, are not a “fair representation of a current Sears shopping experience.”
Even as Sears is closing stores, the company is opening some new ones and renovating others to make them smaller and more attractive.
“The business is not there.”
Black Friday is the most celebrated shopping day of the year, when parking lots fill up early with bargain hunters
and online frenzy crashes the websites of even the most established retailers.
— Every year on Black Friday, Angela Buzatto has come to Sears to buy two new vacuum cleaners, at steep discounts, for her house cleaning business.
“I took my grandson to this mall recently and he asked me ‘Nana, why are the stores closing?’” Ms. Hartman said.
“It’s Black Friday, people are shopping elsewhere, but we are choosing to be here,’’ Ms. Freeman said.